You Can Make the Track-Only Aston Martin Vulcan Street-Legal With This Kit

Aston Martin designed the nutty Vulcan as a track-only monster and maintained it would not build a version for road use, despite customer requests. That decision was disappointing, but ultimately made sense, given that the homologation requirements for road cars would have resulted in a much less extreme car. Now, though, an independent UK engineering company is offering a street legal conversion kit for the Vulcan, complete with Aston Martin's blessing.

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RML Group, which engineered Aston's late-1980s Group C prototype racer, the AMR-1, says it can make all 24 Vulcans street legal, according to an Autocarreport. The conversion is expected to take around three months, but might not be possible for U.S. customers, since registration on one-off vehicles is exceedingly difficult here.

Depending on the country the Vulcan is being homologated for, RML will add additional safety provisions, emissions equipment, and different gear ratios, as well as increasing the ride height. As you'd expect, RML will also cater to the customer's whims with personal customizations. Pricing hasn't been publicly disclosed, but Autocar estimates it'll "stretch to a six-figure sum."

That's not really an issue if you could afford the Vulcan's $2.3 million asking price, but it's still a pricey conversion. There's also the fear that the car could become too docile in its transition to street legality. Speaking to Autocar, Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer said that he expects four or five of the 24 Vulcan owners to spring for the conversion.